Sir Paul McCartney looked relaxed as greeted fans while making his way through New York's JFK airport after news broke that Beatles memorabilia is being auctioned off as NFTs.

The musician, 79, wore a black two-piece suit and matching winter coat as he strolled through the airport with an armed police pendik escort.

Sir Paul wore a black suit, layered underneath a smart black coat, and paired with matching shoes.

Keeping the cold at bay, he bundled up in a black hat and coordinating scarf, and toted a dark coloured bag.

Abiding by coronavirus rules he wore a matching black face mask over his mouth and nose.

It comes after news broke that Julian Lennon will be selling The Beatles memorabilia as NFTs (non-fungible tokens), which are a form of cryptographic data, which will allow him to keep the originals. 

The eldest son of the late John Lennon, 58, plans to flog several pieces from his personal collection through YellowHeart, but they will be sold as the one-of-a-kind digital assets.

Items up for auction on February 7 as part of the collection include a black cape worn by John in Help!

as well as handwritten notes for the band's 1968 classic Hey Jude, which was inspired by Julian and written by Paul. 

The sale also features three Gibson guitars which the photographer was given by his dad, and an Afghan coat the Imagine hitmaker wore in the Magical Mystery Tour film.

Each item will be sold as an audio-visual collectible, included narration by Julian himself.

Sir Paul's notes for Hey Jude have a starting price of $30,000 (£22,260), but it's believed bids could more than double that.

Opening up on the item, the notes read: 'The item is brought to life in an even more personal way through Julian Lennon's exclusive audio narration, which is minted as part of this NFT.

'A NFT is a unique and non-interchangeable unit of data stored on the blockchain. Julian Lennon is the sole owner of the physical item.